Member Leaders Building Union Strength

NotificationFebruary 28, 2018

More than 200 leaders of our Statewide Bargaining Advisory
Council (SBAC) came together in Los Angeles Feb. 9-11 for
training on how to spot and respond to anti-union tactics being
used to divide us and diminish our collective.

Members shared their personal leadership motivations and values
and acquired new tools to bring back to their worksites to build
strength against anti-union groups like the so-called Freedom
Foundation.

We’re joining thousands of working people across the nation to
rise up against the forces behind the Supreme Court case Janus v.
AFSCME, which is funded by the corporations and anti-worker
groups who seek to destroy unions.

“Our voices are so numerous and so deafening that we demonstrate
to everyone that there is no court case that will eliminate us;
no law that will gag us,” said Yvonne R. Walker, Local 1000
President. “They will see that when we follow our values and
stand together, we will make our communities, our state and our
country into that which we deserve.”

Anthony Prince, a labor leader with more than 40 years of
organizing experience, lived the attack on public employee unions
in Wisconsin. He shared his story and af rmed the importance of
building relationships and power in the worksite.

“Nothing happens overnight and success doesn’t happen by
accident. It’s deliberate. You have to know you’re leading for a
bigger purpose. And only you can truly identify what the bigger
purpose is to you.” — Margarita Maldonado, Vice President for
Bargaining.